Overview

Save space and add functionality by letting your bed double as an office workstation. When you're ready to work, simply fold your bed up against the wall, and the mechanism lifts your desktop to working height with all of your items intact from the previous day. Objects up to 17" high can remain on the desk as you transform it back into a bed. If all you need is a short nap, you can even leave a full cup of coffee on the desk and it won't spill a drop! The balancing mechanism allows safe, smooth operation with up to 50 lbs. on the desk top. Each kit includes a fitting set, plus a USB flash drive with technical drawings for several bed styles in CAD and PDF. (Drawing measurements are in metric.) No building material or fasteners are included, but a complete fastener kit is available separately (46521) for both the Twin and Double sized mechanisms. A fastener kit is currently not available for the Queen size.

If the mattress width is ~52"-54", is the 69" height you mentioned due to hardware/framing? I am looking to put it in a lofted space where there may only be 58" of clearance and I would like to make sure there is enough space. Is there a way to modify the plans?

If the mattress width is ~52"-54", is the 69" height you mentioned due to hardware/framing? I am looking to put it in a lofted space where there may only be 58" of clearance and I would like to make sure there is enough space. Is there a way to modify the plans?

I will try. I haven't started this project because I was waiting for assembly instr that just today arrived from the mfg. All of the dimensions are metric. I used a conversion site on the net to convert them to inches.

So - this is what I have. 25.4mm = 1 inch. the assembled unit ends are 1863 H x 1015 W(73 11/32 x 39 61/64"). The length is 2134 (84 1/16"). The bed is 80" X 60" and extends to about 65 1/4" from the wall when lowered. The deck top is 24 2164" x 80" L. The drawings show the desk top extending 39 59/64 from the wall and 31 1/2 above the floor. Hope this helps. NOTE: Fastener kit is sold separately.

BEST ANSWER:I answered no earlier with a slight "maybe" with a good mechanical engineer. But now that I've studied the plans more it looks even more impossible. There are 4 pivot points in the mechanism and these points form a parallelogram. The parallelogram is what keeps everything level as you move the bed/desk up and down. The steel lifting arm forms one side of the parallelogram so that length is pretty fixed. 3 of the 4 pivot points are fixed too. so that being the case, you can't move the 4th pivot point (the pivot link) without destroying the parallelogram. So the answer has got to be no without a major redesign and a shorter lifting arm. Follow the plans, get a higher desk chair and a foot rest. Thanks for the question. I enjoyed working on it.

Thank you for your time! It's great to have a better idea of how it all works. It's a really neat design and I thought of using a foot rest but I think I'll just go with a regular bed and a fold-down desk. Again, thanks for the in-depth answer and the brainstorming!

BEST ANSWER:I answered no earlier with a slight "maybe" with a good mechanical engineer. But now that I've studied the plans more it looks even more impossible. There are 4 pivot points in the mechanism and these points form a parallelogram. The parallelogram is what keeps everything level as you move the bed/desk up and down. The steel lifting arm forms one side of the parallelogram so that length is pretty fixed. 3 of the 4 pivot points are fixed too. so that being the case, you can't move the 4th pivot point (the pivot link) without destroying the parallelogram. So the answer has got to be no without a major redesign and a shorter lifting arm. Follow the plans, get a higher desk chair and a foot rest. Thanks for the question. I enjoyed working on it.

Thank you for your time! It's great to have a better idea of how it all works. It's a really neat design and I thought of using a foot rest but I think I'll just go with a regular bed and a fold-down desk. Again, thanks for the in-depth answer and the brainstorming!

The simple answer is no. If you know a very smart mechanical engineer I can see a way on the plans but it would not be easy. The attachment point of the bed and the desktop (the plans call it the link pivot) could be move down the number of inches you want to lower the desk top. But the desk top actually travels in an arc AND stays level throughout its entire travel from up to down. So there would be some pretty heavy math & geometry involved. Sounds like a very challenging problem.

Not really. The design of the mechanism is such that lowering the desk height will prevent full travel of the bed. The system is designed to support the bed by resting the desk on the floor, so lowering the working surface height can only be done by making it thinner. I suggest using an adjustable chair and footstool or choosing a different product.

I purchased and assembled a full size bed, the desk top height can not be lower than 30 1/2 inches from the floor.The mechanism/lift kit is fixed, can't be adjusted or changed, the desk side sides are the feet to support the bed in down and level position. Not cost effective to re-design. I hope this has helped.

I am based in South Africa and we are using centimeters. Firstly are you plans in centimeters? Secondly does your hardware one with detailed wood working plans ? Lastly we own a pre school and want to make kiddies size. Do you have plans and hardware fora kiddies bed?

Reviews

This is a great product and very well designed. I built it for my son and it is beautiful and slides up and down every day like a dream. All the stuff on his desk stays exactly in place and the bed is large and comfortable, the desk is massive. Strong and durable. He just straps his bedding in, in the morning and closes it and his room is twice as big and twice as comfortable all day. It stays much neater too. So why not 5 stars. I am not a professional carpenter, but I am very good and very precise in my work, I design and make custom picture frames. I am warning any weekend warrior - this may not a project for you, especially if you don't have very good tools. If your work is imprecise, even by an 1/8 of an inch, you will not be happy with the results. For the mechanism to be assembled and used, you must install and assemble the parts VERY precisely. Also, there are errors in the plan. It was designed in centimeters and converted to inches and fractions. Unfortunately, this doesn't always work perfectly. 1 millimeter is not 1/16, it is smaller. If you are comfortable with the concept, I would suggest using the metric design plan (included) and build it with a metric tape measure. Other notes: There is not a materials list, you have to figure it out. I think it took at least 5 sheets of 3/4 ply, 2 sheets of 1/4 ply, a lot of hardware, 12 - 1x6 slats, 2-7 foot long square steel tubes, stain and finish, etc. I think the materials were over $700. Add a mattress and you are touching $1,500 for this set up. Worth it, but you might look into buying this pre-cut and just assemble the parts (look on the Internet, there are several choices). If you buy and build this, here are the errors that you should check on the metric plan: exact position of lift mechanism mounted to side panels, thickness of small pieces that hide it are 1 inch, not 1.5 inches. I would recommend not drilling the holes the locking pins slide into until the whole thing is assembled. It is just too precise to line up otherwise. Good luck, otherwise very satisfying and beautiful project.

the planes need a lot of work they are often unclear leaving a person to guess. there are multiple plans on the thumb drive provided leaving a person to try to figure out which one they need. in some of the instructions the orientation of the parts either is not present or vague. the hardware Is very heavy duty and impressive. the hardware did not include the dowels that are specified in the instructions leaving me to wonder if all the screws are there. the packing list shows them but they did not come in the hardware package. the lag bolts that mount the hardware are unsightly on the out side of the bed. in 25 years of building furniture from plans I have never seen a set of plans so vague. the redeeming factor to the bed is the hardware appears to be very heavy duty. not recommended for even an intermediate woodworker

the length of parts 3,4,5,6,7 need to be at least 1 inch longer (11/2 would be better ) to provided space between the metal desk support arm and the side of the desk top. Not to mention part 2 will fit as designed. rabbiting the top and back of the sides so the screws can be put in concealed (drive the screws in through the back instead of the sides). off set the screw hole 1/16 to accommodate keeping the screws in the middle of the back. if a person rabbits the back and top cut parts 4,6,7 to 81 1/4. I didn't predrill the pieces on the ends I found that clamping the pieces together then drilling the end hole kept me from misalignment of holes. also I used wood screws in place of the hardware screws provided the square head screws provided kept stripping out. they are so soft I could drive a screw driver in on one screw that was in flush and stripped out, to get it out. the photo needs to be changed to match the finished product. the wide section of the bed frame is out not the narrow as shown in the photo. there is a lot here that is negative but when I finished the piece it is beautiful. the hardware works smooth and as advertised my customer absolutely loves it. I will continue making and selling this product but with the above mentioned changes.

I ordered this with such optimism. It has been here for some time with little hope of being built. All plans are in cad centimeters. No normal woodworking plans included. My husband has no difficulty building anything, but this he won't even try. I don't blame him. I keep thinking I will measure out the centimeters and make a template. It hasn't happened yet. He built a regular wall bed, but this one, I doubt will ever be completed.

You must have AutoCAD to use the CAD files. I used the metric files that were in PDF and they worked great. I had little trouble reading them and highly recommend using the metric plans, just get a metric ruler, much easier than converting to inches. Very happy with finished results and my son loves it!

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